Birdman island
Primary Artist
Kevin Mortensen (1939–2023)
Title
Date made
2005
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Viridian Press, 11 Dickens Road, Olinda View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
29.8 x 47.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
off-white wove paper
Support size
49.0 x 64.7 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
printer's proof
Edition information
edition of 15, incomplete as of July 2008; plus trial proofs, 1 right-to-print proof, 2 artist's proofs, 2 printer's proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'K.C. MORTENSEN 05'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Birdman Island'. Inscribed with edition details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'P/P'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
172724
Accession number
2007.1501
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 2007/2008 (2007-10-30)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from John Loane, printer and Director of Viridian Press, Canberra, 2007.
Credit line
Gordon Darling Australia Pacific Print Fund, celebrating the National Gallery of Australias 25th anniversary, 2007
Copyright
© Kevin Mortensen
Creators
Mortensen, Kevin. | (1939–2023) Australian | Male | artist
VIRIDIAN PRESS | (1988–) Australian | Organisation | print workshop
LOANE, John | (1950–) Australian | Male | printer